Mr Woody Benson

KANDO id: 27187

Bio

Woody joined Prism in 2004 and runs the firm’s digital media practice. He also has extensive experience in mobile and transformational business. Woody is a director for LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM), Worldwide Biggies and Expo. Formerly, he was on the board of Maven Networks, acquired by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), M:Metrics, acquired by comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), KickApps acquired by KIT Digital (NASDAQ: KITD) and Conduit Labs acquired by Zynga Corp. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Woody had an extensive operating career. Career highlights include serving as Chairman, President and CEO of MCK Communications (NASDAQ: MCKC). MCK Communications went public in 1999 and completed a secondary offering in 2000. Before MCK, Woody was a senior executive at Shiva Corporation (NASDAQ: SHVA) and Lotus Development (NASDAQ:LOTS). Woody is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics from redefining venture capital to trendsin digital media. Woody is a member of On Hollywood’s Top 100. In 1999 he was awarded the "CEO of the Year" by the Mass Telecom Council. Woody serves on the MIT Innovation Series Committee, The American Red Cross-Metro West and the Bentley Private Equity Council.

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